Sen. Cruz proves there is still a vigorous debate about climate change in exchange with Sierra Club President

Published 7:29 am, Wednesday, October 7, 2015

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Sierra Club president Aaron Mair unable to square his assertion of theoretical threats with observed scientific data and evidence

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke with Sierra Club president Aaron Mair during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing yesterday in an exchange that proved, contrary to liberal assertions that man-caused climate change is “settled science,” that there is still a healthy and vigorous debate about the causes and nature of climate change based on the data and scientific evidence.

The exchange occurred during a hearing Cruz chaired of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts titled “Opportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minorities.” The hearing investigated the harmful effects of government overregulation on people and businesses who lack the resources and political connections to deal effectively with mountains of red tape.

While Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and climate-related regulations were not designed to occupy a greater focus than other types of government regulation during this hearing, Mr. Mair of the Sierra Club made it a central focus of his testimony. However, in an exchange that has been widely covered by the media as highlighted below, Mr. Mair was unable to square the Sierra Club’s assertion that climate change is threatening the Earth with the observed satellite temperature data that have shown no significant warming trend over the last 18 years.

This exchange can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9-tY1oZNw